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Who We Are

Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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Reports and financials

Read through our annual financial and activity reports, and find out about where our funds come from and how they are spent.

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What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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Where we work

In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.

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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.

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CRASH

Based in Paris, CRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. They participate in internal training sessions and assessment missions in the field.

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UREPH

Based in Geneva, UREPH (or Research Unit) aims to improve the way MSF projects are implemented in the field and to participate in critical thinking on humanitarian and medical action.

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ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

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MSF Analysis

Based in Brussels, MSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migration, refugees, aid access, health policy and the environment in which aid operates.

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MSF Supply

This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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MSF Logistique

This supply and logistics centre in Bordeaux, France, provides warehousing and delivery of medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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Amsterdam Procurement Unit

This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchases, tests, and stores equipment including vehicles, communications material, power supplies, water-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.

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Brazilian Medical Unit

BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseases, such as dengue and Chagas, and other infectious diseases. This medical unit is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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MSF Medical Guidelines

Our medical guidelines are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experiences, the World Health Organization (WHO), other renowned international medical institutions, and medical and scientific journals.

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Epicentre

Providing epidemiological expertise to underpin our operations, conducting research and training to support our goal of providing medical aid in areas where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or excluded from health care.

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Evaluation Units

Evaluation Units have been established in Vienna, Stockholm, and Paris, assessing the potential and limitations of medical humanitarian action, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of our medical humanitarian work.

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LGBTQI+ Inclusion in Health Settings

MSF works with LGBTQI+ populations in many settings over the last 25-30 years. LGBTQI+ people face healthcare disparities with limited access to care and higher disease rates than the general population.

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LUXOR

The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research training, and provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.

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MSF Academy for Healthcare

To upskill and provide training to locally-hired MSF staff in several countries, MSF has created the MSF Academy for Healthcare.

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Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

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MSF Paediatric Days

The MSF Paediatric Days is an event for paediatric field staff, policy makers and academia to exchange ideas, align efforts, inspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.

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MSF Foundation

The MSF Foundation aims to create a fertile arena for logistics and medical knowledge-sharing to meet the needs of MSF and the humanitarian sector as a whole.

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DNDi

A collaborative, patients’ needs-driven, non-profit drug research and development organisation that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases, founded in 2003 by seven organisations from around the world.

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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
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Latest

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
Measles campaign in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive mobilisation urgently needed to curb fast-spreading measles outbreak

Press Release 11 Jun 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Behind the wheel – driving ambulances in El Salvador’s red zones

Voices from the Field 7 Jun 2019
 
Mother and Child Health in Balochistan
Pakistan

Witnessing poor mother and child healthcare in Balochistan

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
After the floods in Iran, providing health care to the vulnerable populations in Lorestan
Iran

Providing health care to vulnerable people in Lorestan after floods in Iran

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
Surviving conflict in northeast Nigeria
Photo Story

Fighting to survive: Conflict in northeast Nigeria

5 Jun 2019
Photo Story
 
Cholera response in Khamer, Amran hospital
Yemen

Endemic in Yemen, cholera still hits Yemenis hard

Project Update 5 Jun 2019
 
Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
Yemen

A day treating wounded in Yemen's Al Salakhana hospital

Project Update 30 May 2019
 
Dengue fever epidemic - San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Honduras

MSF expands efforts to control dengue epidemic in northern Honduras

Project Update 29 May 2019
 
MSF Mobile Clinics and Tea Teams Somali Region
Ethiopia

Bringing healthcare to places where no health posts exist

Project Update 27 May 2019
 
Influx of wounded patients in Sica hospital in Bangui
Central African Republic

“It felt like it was raining bullets” in attacks on villages that kill over 50

Voices from the Field 24 May 2019
 
MSF on the migration route to Mexico
Central American migration

“Mexico is not an option for my family to stay”

Project Update 24 May 2019
 
One-shot intervention in Menka, North-West Region of Cameroon
Cameroon

Five things to know about the violence in North-West and South-West Cameroon

Project Update 23 May 2019
 
Arnal Lual, a snakebite patient in the post-op ward
Snakebite

WHO launches strategy to cut snakebite deaths and disabilities in half

Press Release 23 May 2019
 
Aguek Deng, a snakebite patient in the post-op ward
Snakebite

Antivenom, not frogs, needed to cure snakebite

Project Update 21 May 2019
 
Paediatric TB Care - Dushanbe
Tuberculosis

Breaking the cycle: Paediatric DR-TB detection, care and treatment in Tajikistan

Report 17 May 2019
 
Measles outbreak in Maiduguri
Nigeria

“I have not seen such high numbers of measles cases”

Project Update 17 May 2019
 
Al Hol camp, Al Hassakeh Governorate
Syria

Women and children continue to suffer in northeast Syria’s Al Hol camp

Press Release 16 May 2019
 
One year after the “bloodbath” of 14 May
Palestine

Gaza, one year after the protests’ bloodiest day

Project Update 14 May 2019
 
The “big road” in Cox’s Bazar
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update - May 2019

Crisis Update 14 May 2019
 
Goyalmara Hospital
Rohingya refugee crisis

Saving lives that have just begun in Cox’s Bazar

Project Update 13 May 2019
 
Distribution of NFI in remote areas
Mozambique

Update on MSF emergency response to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth

Crisis Update 13 May 2019
 
Violence and neglect in the remote northeast of South Sudan
South Sudan

New hospital in Ulang for people affected by violence and neglect

Project Update 10 May 2019
 
MSF restarts HIV-related activities in Beira after the Cyclone Idai
Mozambique

Treating HIV in the cyclone-devastated city of Beira: “We cannot abandon them”

Project Update 9 May 2019
 
Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya
Libya

More than medicine: A look at mental health needs in detention

Voices from the Field 9 May 2019
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

 

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